OGC Staff
Vice Chancellor / Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel
Dona H. Cornell
B.A., University of Texas, 1982
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1986
E-mail: dhcornell@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-0949
Associate Vice Chancellor / Vice President for Legal Affairs and Deputy General Counsel
José M. Rangel
B.A., University of Houston, 1975
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1978
E-mail: jmrangel@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-0949
Associate General Counsel for Research and Executive Director of Intellectual Property Management
Mark R. Yzaguirre
B.A., Rice University, 1994
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1997
E-mail: myzaguirre@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-3754
Associate General Counsel/Executive Director, Contract Administration
Chris R. Hobza
B.A., Oklahoma State University, 1995
J.D., University of Tulsa College of Law, 1999
M.B.A., Oklahoma State University, 2004
E-mail: chobza@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-9169
Valerie Coleman-Ferguson
B.A.W., Howard University, 1981
J.D., Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 1985
E-mail: viferguson@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-0949
Jennifer E. Bloom
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1989
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 1997
E-mail: jebloom@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-0949
Talibah P. Young
B.A., Clark Atlanta University, 1997
J.D., Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 2000
E-mail: tyoung@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-0949
Assistant General Counsel
Eric D. Bentley
B.A., Hawaii Pacific University, 2000.
M.S.S., United States Sports Academy, 2003
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2004
E-mail: ebentley@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-0949
Ruth E. Shapiro
B.A., University of Rochester, 1982
J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 1985
E-mail: rshapiro@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-0949
Lauri S. Ruiz
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1980
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1987
E-mail:lsruiz@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-9173
Natalie M. Strachan
B.A., Valparaiso University, 2005
E-mail:nstrachan@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-9175
Executive Administrative Assistant
E-mail: lpruski@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-0949
E-mail: gsalaza3@central.uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-9158
